The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-24

plate to show my first finished result.
Tomorrow will complete it. (Here
follows another break in the narrative.
B. NJ
The time has slipped by so rapidly
since last was in my workshop that
one day has heightened into many
weeks. / have been too happy to work.
1 have married. Finding that my worb
was to be successful, ventured TO take
wife. When / write of her my pen
becomes clumsy and my paint fades.
She is so beautiful and / love her so
much. The sun shines only when she
IS in my presence. find that must
work more secretly. My great discov-
cry is suspected. ] caught a Corean
potter hanging around my house last
week. He asked many questions, but
was sent away without learning any
hing. / must work more carefully
though. l must enclose my room more
lightly and proceed with more caution.
(Another break here occurs.-B. NJ
Yesterday discovered a man hidden
ander some clothes in one corner of the
room while / was at work. i drove
him away with blows. The world must
not know of my discovery. l have
given life of study to it and shall de-
Tend the secret with my life.
If any one comes in tomorrow to in
5errupt me shall kill him. Twill keep
NY knife by my side while / work. No
one shall know what my great discov-
cry is. (This part of the history was
hurriedly written and evidently hastily
composed. At times my friend hest
tated in his translation and certain
words were almost illegible.-B. NJ
To-day l finish the great work. /
am now writing the last words of this
history, which will make the name of
rikipotO famous forever, and any one
who comes within these walls will die
i thought / heard a foOtstep, but /
was mistaken. Now will expose the
plate to the air. On its figured face
will paint with my wonderful discovery
the interior of this room. My first
work will immortalize the room where
was born. / have covered il with my
paint and now
Thus abruptly ended this remarkable
account There was not another word
Of comment We allowed the plate to
remain on the furnace until il was as
hot as fire could make it, but a single
additional letter did not appear. He
was evidently interrupted for the last
time, never to continue his strange
story.
WELL" observed Butler, ''this is the
most remarkable thing l ever read"
"Do you believe it?" / asked.
81 don't know what to say" he
replied thoughtfully. 1.-The fact that
this paint he has used was not visible
until it had been heated seems to give a
show of reason to the tale. 1t would
not be at all impossible for this chemist.
for that he certainly was. to have
stumbled on a now unknown method
of photography on porcelain by
means the present scientists know
nothing of whatever. 1t is easily 10 be
seen, however, whether am right or
not"
"How SOP" asked.
at is evident" continued Butler,
paying no apparent heed to my inquiry,
''thst this Japanese potter must have
been interrupted by some accident in
the completion of his task. He had
carefully prepared the plate, the ap-
pearance of the letters on the back of
it, under this great heat, shows that be-
yond doubt. All it lacked was the
treatment after the firing, which would
make the characters permanently visi-
BILE. Still the progress he made shows the
possession of great and wonderful
secret. Now what is to prevent our
turning the plate over on the furnace
and seeing what picture is there i'm
printed? Possibly We learn what it
was that interrupted his work so
cudely. That is. provided there be any
picture at all. The chances are that
under these circumstances the picture
will disappear the moment the plate
cOOls, Uul pciHapS Will lhab ioi @ SuO
we may be able to discover this secret
ourselves.
What shall / do?" / inquired breath
lessly.
"Here, take this pair of tongs and
carefully turn the plate while observe
closely the other side oft"
I took the tongs in my trembling
hands and with infinite care grasped
the rim of the plate between the nip
pers. Slowly lifted the plate from
the iron framework of the furnace.
Then 1 began turning it over, until at
length 1 had it extended in mid-air.
several feet from the furnace at level
with my face.
For the sake of heaven :" ex-
claimed Butler, his face white with
emotion. Just look at that !"
Slowly / brought the plate within